Italy???

Spent most of the time reading.

I happen to read two books which the story narrate around the Italy grounds.

Of course, when the stories are conjured around Italy, naturally along comes romance and food!

The first book was by Anthony Capella, The Food of Love.
As spell out from the title, this book is about food and love. It is definitely a good light reading. The books gives you craving for Italian food. It gives a good description on the scent, spices and the taste that I almost can savor it in the room. Every single detail is perfectly describe especially on the food FOR love. I took the liberty to copied a para or two from the book :

When the chef, Bruno explaning to his friend, Tommaso, on food for loves or lust….

“ Because to make someone horny and to make someone fall in love are two very different things… To make someone horny, certainly is harder but not impossible. Seafood, of course has aphrodisiac qualities. Molluscsm too, snails in oil and garlic. Perhaps some carciofioni - baby artichokes cooked with mint, pulled apart with the fingers and dipped in soft, melted butter. Wine, obviously. And then, to finish , a burst of sugar something light but artificial, so that you feel full of energy and happiness…
If you wanted someone to fall in love with you, you would cook them something very different, something perfectly simple but intense. Something that shows you understand their very soul.. You’d have to really know the person concerned: their history; their background; whether they are raw or defined, dry or oily…”.


Am now currently reading the second book by Penelope Green, When in Rome.
A story by an Australian who gave up her job and went Italy to find herself, where she speak no Italian, no friends and nowhere to live with a fair dash of bravery. Just gotten to page 41…

Holiday Break

Started of my semester break with Eragon by Christopher Palonini.

I picked the book off my shelf and started reading.

I finished it a couple of days ago.

I must say this book is all in all entertaining but highly overrated and it definitely did not stop me grabbing the second book. *WiNk*

Daddy Bday

It's my daddy's birthday today.

I make it a point to stay in Ipoh especially I was not with him last year.

Nope.. I din get him any gift..so it's just a card and my presence.

The card have loads of meaning though.. HEhEhe... saying that I have the best dad in the world and my luck having him as my dad.. is the best gift ever bestowed upon me.

He was busy with work the whole day ( he din even have time to have breakie with me... *SObZ*).

Anyway when he and mummy was back home, we sat and have a good talk and then head out for dinner (Kor and Hooi Ling is in Beijing), so just the three of us. We did have a wonderful dinner. We talked and laugh and talk and laugh.

We din even manage to finish the bottle of wine. Ish.. 3 of us!! ME!!! could not even finish the bottle of wine. Weird eh?

Oh well, the dinner is good.. but would be better if my kor, his wife and Shao Yi to join in. It would be marvellous then. A whole family... but hey.. there is always some other time.

Hugs

Ps. My dad is the BEST dad in the whole wide world.. but then again.. it's very subjective.. He IS but only to me.. and no others.. oh well.... my kor too * SmILZ*

PASS

Ha!!!

I PASS!!!!!!!

The result I have been waiting for!!

Seriously, it is such a relieve.. the feeling is better then getting an 'A' than any other subject.

HahA...

Waiting

I got a 'D' in my Theory paper.

Never had it cross my mind that I will manage to get a 'D'.

Oh well... the worse is that I have another paper marked by the same lecturer and the result is not out yet.

I waited and waited during the weekend. Hoping the marks will be out asap. I don't like the waiting part.

I just wanna know what I got.. a pass or a 'D' or 'F'.

I have been login in and out of the intranet countless times. And there is still no result. I hate the waiting.. It's long and pressured.

Arrgghhh....

Night by Elie Wiesel

My first night after the horrendous week.

I randomly picked up a book to read before I head to bed.
.
It turns out I stayed wide awake after I finish the book

It’s a rather thin book in but rich in content.

It really bothered me and put me deep in thoughts after the read.
I was really disturb by the read but yet the total truth.
It manage to portray the horror of the holocaust itself. A total powerful book that one will engross in. The fear and the line between life and death is profusely overwhelming.

Aidan

I was watching re-runs of Sex & the City.

I seriously do not understand why Carrie do not want Aidan.

He is just the perfect guy. He is practically what everyone called as a good catch.

He is helpful, fun, down to earth.... Carrie's friend love him... so much more... the list goes on and on. He is definitely JUST the EXACT kind of guy for me.

I was watching until the episode he proposed to Carrie and I stop.
I could not brave myself up to face the truth that they eventually broke up.
I could not.

I am still in the imaginary world. I always like happy ending. If the truth is out there in the next few episodes that both of them will eventually break up.. I would refuse to continue the series and let me be in my fantasy world that they WILL end up together.

Guess the truth is that one would not face the truth and in the end, blur themselve up. Build a cocoon around them so they will not face another reality of life or even get hurt again.

The point is... why bother to continue when you can have a perfect ending of your own... the one that you project it to be.

Booze Substitute

I found out that there is another substitute for booze.

Try having 6 consecutive days of less then 5 hours of sleep a day and constantly having your eyes to stay focus on reading and oh yes, frequent hands movement aka writing.

Believe me... it's a good substitute.

As on the early morning on the 7th day period, you will find out that you really need to use both hands to drive the car on a straight road, your eyes feels swollen with an eye bag that could practically stuffed with cotton.
Then suddenly you realize that your response towards your stimulus is slow... or rather , it does not tally to the beat.

You lost interest in everything and all you can think of a good night sleep.

Worst part is when finally you can have a short deep breath and get yourself the sleep, your eye lid refuse to close and your mind refuse to log off.

There... isn't it a substitute.

Damn... I need the SLEEP!

PS. 6 out and 1 more to go.

Frodo - New Style!!

Our beloved Frodo did a major trim.

Taking this opportunity to show the difference since he was 3-4 months old till now.

Baby Frodo!

Adulthood Frodo

And NOW... For the new look.

Crew Style for the Silky Terrier!!

Compound = saman

Lucky or not..

I had my first exam of the semester today... and I refuse to comment anything about it. I am just glad it's done finally.

Oh well, I am short of cash this few weeks. I din need any money as I am always in da house and my ocassional indulge on coffee is on credit card due to the discount upon using the card. I din go to get any cash out either at all since I practically STOP going out.

I head on to eat my breakie after the test with my classmates. I checked and found out I have like 3 dollar notes left in my purse.. I search for some loose coins in the car and just enough for a RM3.50 mee and a RM1.20 drink.

As I was driving home, my mind started to drift away. I am really short on sleep and in desperate of coffee. I took the usual route back home.. while I was turning into Ikano for coffee the traffic was rather slow. I realized that it was a road block. It just slip out of my mind that I need to put on the seatbelt before turning into the road.

This is not the first time... the first time happen during the mid year. I just finish gym and head back home. They let me go with just a warning.

Wat similarity about the two times is that BOTH the time I din have any CASH with me at all.

The police ask for my license as usual. He took it and said my name out loud. He asked if I wanted a compound. My immediate reaction is " Apa tu?" *hEHhe*
Seriously, how am I suppose to know compound is saman.

I straight away start to look for loose cash. Hoping there is some around inside the car. I told him that I do not have any cash at all and only got a couple of dollar... RM4 to be exact, all in one dollar notes.

He took it.

I think me, being a student and always short of cash pays off.